9:16 PM,
Oct. 17, 2013

Will Pinkston

Written by

Joey Garrison
| The Tennessean

Metro school officials continued pointing to the rising cost of operating charter schools Thursday, but this time they had Metro Council members to their side as the two parties began a dialogue on a projected $23 million shortfall.

The message from Metro Nashville Public Schools didn't change: the expansion and increase of charter schools - 22 will be operating in Nashville next year - is expected to place a $62.2 million burden on the 2014-15 budget, up from $4.6 million just five years ago.

Sitting together at a roundtable Thursday, members of the board's budget and finance committee ...